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PTONIGHT, WHERE SHE ALSO
PDISCOVERED, THIS ISN'T AN
PISOLATED INCIDENT.
PKIRSTEN: NO DOUG AND SHELLY IT'S
PNOT.
PIN FACT, UNIVERSITY OFFICIALS
PCONFIRM THEY ARE INVESTIGATING
PSEVERAL ALLEGED HATE INCIDENTS,
PTHAT FOLLOWED TUESDAY'S
PPRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
PTHE WOMAN WE SPOKE TO SAYS THIS
PHAS TO STOP.
PWE ARE HONESTLY HELPLESS IN
PTHESE KIND OF SITUATIONS.
PKIRSTEN: IT WAS A SCENARIO THIS
PUNM FREHMAN FEARS MOST, AS A
PMUSLIM WOMAN, HER HIJAB IS
PSACRED, AND SHE'S ASKED US NOT
PTO IDENTIFY HER AFTER SHE SAYS A
PCLASSMATE TRIED TO PULL IT OFF
PHER HEAD.
PIT HAPPENED ON ELECTION DAY,
PWHILE SHE WAS STUDYING AT THE
PLIBRARY.
P>> I MANAGED TO GET OUT OF HIS
PGRIP AND TURNED AROUND AND TOLD
PHIM, WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM?
PWHAT IS THAT FOR?
PKIRSTEN: SHE SAYS THEN HE BEGAN
PSCREAMING RACIALLY CHARGED
PREMARKS ABOUT MUSLIMS.
PAFTER A FEW MINUTES, SHE SAYS HE
PSTOPPED, BUT WITH AS HE WALKED
PAWAY, HE SAID I AM GOING TO SIT
PDOWN BEFORE YOU THROW A GRENADE
PAT ME.
P>> I THINK WE WILL GET MORE OF
PTHESE REPORTS BECAUSE WE KNOW
PWHAT IS GOING ON NATIONALLY.
PKIRSTEN: FRANCIE CORDOVA IS THE
PDIRECTOR AT THE OFFICE OF EQUAL
POPPORTUNITY AT UNM.
PSHE CONFIRMS, HER INVESTIGATORS
PHAVE RECEIVED NUMEROUS
PCOMPLAINTS OF HATE INCIDENTS
PSPECIFICALLY AGAINST MUSLIM AND
PHISPANIC STUDENTS IN THE
PAFTERMATH OF THE PRESIDENTIAL
PELECTION.
PBUT CORDOVA SAYS UNM WILL NOT
PTOLERATE THAT BEHAVIOR.
P PEOPLE HAVE TO BE RESPECTFUL
PAND CANNOT TARGET PEOPLE.
PIT IS AGAINST POLICY, AGAINST
PFEDERAL AND STATE LAW.
PKIRSTEN: TODAY, UNIVERSITY
PADMINISTRATORS TELL US THEY
PLAUNCHED A TASK FORCE TO ADDRESS
PEACH INCIDEN
PAND REMIND ALL STUDENTS WITH
PBLACK WE ARE NOT GOING TO
PTOLERATE THAT ON THE CAMPUS.
P>> THIS WOMAN DOESN'T PLAN TO
PPRESS CHARGES, BUT WANTS PEOPLE
PTO UNDERSTAND
P>> STAND UP AND STOP IT, THAT
PCAN STOP IT -- MAKE THE
PDIFFERENCE.
PKIRSTEN: THE WOMAN SAYS SHE AND
PHER CLASSMATE NEVER REALLY
PARGUED ABOUT POLITICS BEFORE
PTHIS INCIDENT, BUT TELLS ME HE
PWAS WEARING A DONALD TRUMP SHIRT